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Mar 5th 2021
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 03/05/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/03/05/dai…
The 'breathing' Himalaya: Great mountains grow in a cycle of rising and falling

phys.org/news/2021-03-h…

#himalaya #geology #MountainFormation #GrowthCycles
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May 28th 2020
"The @WFP spokesperson told @Devex “...Some people find it inspirational & it motivates them to become committed supporters to the organisation.”

Bullshit. Donors do not find it inspirational. Their guilt, pity & shame are used like cash machines. devex.com/news/world-foo… /1
Must we say it about #povertyporn yet again?

Yes we must:

Charitable portrayals of “helping” often conjure up victimhood and passivity in order to validate the assistance being given. #devcomms #comms4dev #comms4good #fundraising /2
There is a growing awareness that these portrayals uphold - rather than counteract - historical, deeply colonial, and continually politicized notions of “the other.”

And it is not ok. /3
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